Comments on: Dwight Howard wants to go to Rio, play in 2016 Olympicshttp://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/01/dwight-howard-wants-to-go-to-rio-play-in-2016-olympics/
Basketball - NBC SportsTue, 03 Mar 2015 23:19:31 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Kurt Helinhttp://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/01/dwight-howard-wants-to-go-to-rio-play-in-2016-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-169507
Sat, 02 Mar 2013 00:52:58 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=378578#comment-169507D’Antoni also played and coached in Italy for years, giving him an international feel few NBA coaches have.
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Sat, 02 Mar 2013 00:24:23 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=378578#comment-169496Apologies to synonym police. Should have used “very good” instead of the second “strong”.
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Sat, 02 Mar 2013 00:23:04 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=378578#comment-169495Howard would make Team USA that much stronger. His numbers are still very strong; if he could make even 50% of his free throws he would be averaging a bunch more ppg. He is a defensive force, even while recovering from the most serious of surgeries. A starting 5: Carmelo, KD, LeBron, CP3, and Dwight Howard. Best in the world BY FAR! The second team would be insane, as well. Beating the very good Spanish team was grrrrrrrrrrrreat!
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Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:40:43 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=378578#comment-169484Yep. Bosh was still rehabbing the abdominal strain he suffered in the Miami Heat-Indiana Pacers playoff series.

It hadn’t fully healed when Bosh came back to play in the Eastern Conference Finals and NBA Finals, so Heat doctors recommended he avoided any more basketball during the offseason.

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Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:37:26 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=378578#comment-169483Yup, D’Antoni was an assistant, as was Syracuse’s head coach (Jim Boeheim) because so many international teams rely on zone defenses.

But I agree – Doc and Pop are more likely candidates.

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Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:29:09 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=378578#comment-169475“which you can do with guys like LeBron James and Chris Bosh on the roster”

Chris Bosh was not part of the recent team

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Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:46:56 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=378578#comment-169403Pop should get the job. I like Doc, but IMO Pop is simply the best active coach in basketball. Wouldn’t it be awesome if Stan Van Gundy somehow got the job though?
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Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:26:12 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=378578#comment-169394as long as that specialty isn’t defense……………….

that was too easy.

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Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:06:24 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=378578#comment-169389I believe D’Antoni was a coach on the Olympic team last year. I don’t think he would be seriously considered for the head spot though. It probably should be Popovich but with the history with him and Colangelo it will probably be Doc, who isn’t a bad second option.
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Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:50:55 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=378578#comment-169376He should be more concerned about playing this year.
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Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:43:56 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=378578#comment-169373he’d be a specialty coach, used for his strengths. he wouldn’t be the head guy.
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Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:39:33 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=378578#comment-169330He would need to play much better than he has this year, I doubt he would even make the team.
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Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:35:07 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=378578#comment-169326Someone is actually considering D’Antoni as a coach? He has taken a team that was suppose to compete for the NBA championship and they are fighting to get the 8th seed. Jimmie Buss is not running the USA’s Olympic committee also?
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Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:16:59 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=378578#comment-169319i still don’t know who i’d rather have coach this group, pop or doc
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